The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-06-22
Grange Hall School Commencement.

A large and appreciati7e audience
was most delightfully."- entertained tor
several hours at Calvary Grange Hall
last Monday evening, the l3 instant,
with soul-stirring music, beautiful re-
citations, and well selected dialogues
by the skillfully trained scholars OF
Miss Rea's school, ofwhich the follow
ing is the programme
Opening Speech-Master Johnnie Harvin.
l45th PSalm-School.
Evening Song to the Virgin-Duet; Miss
es Rea and Tindal.
A Dialogue-The Little Tramp; Masters
Jackson Tindal, David Jenkinson, and d.
Witherspoon.
Pierrot-a Vocal Solo; Miss Lula Alder
man.
Misses Lula Alderman. Matte Tindal, Car
rie and Hennie DeSchamps.
instrumental Duet-Miss Rea and little
Daisy Tndal. -,
Recitat;on-Spring Wishes; Misses Daisy
Tindal, Lizzie Jenkinson, and Carrie De-
Vocal Solo-The Bridge; Miss Matte Tin
Farce-Courtins Melinda; Masters Lee
| Haryin. Hampton Gutter, Bruce DeSchamps,
and Misses Lula Alderman, and May lin
| dal.
Alderman.
Italian Vocal Duet-Misses Rea and Mat
tie Tindal.
French Drama-Stella; by the French
c,ase Misses Lula Alderman, May Tiodal,
Matte T;ndal, Hennie DeSchamps. and
Carrie DeSohamps.
Instrumental Solo-Music on the Waters;
Miss Tindal.
Song-Annie Laurie; Miss May Tindal.
Recitation-Daisy Tindal.
By request of audience. Miss Rea. who Is
most charming singer, sang, Kathleen
| Mayourneen,' which was so enthusiastically
encored that she returned and sang, "Wait-
| ing Heart"
not Goodbye; by the Vocal class.
We dislike to discriminate where
| all did so we'll, and deserve so much
praise, but we cannot close without
special comment on one or two who
elected the most enthusiastic applause.
ssThe Little Tramp" Master David,
Jenkinson, no doubt, made the author
smile in his grave. e. if he is dead
The acting of one of the young Ia
dies in "The Intercession" (mlnor
mello drama) who appeared upon the
stage in the humble, but neat costume
of very poor girl hunting work,
| whose princely Inheritance had been
snatched away by designing relatives,
would have been complimentary to
angartist. :,
In the Farce, "Courting Melinda" :"
Miss May Tindal, as Melinda" (the
old maid), so completely disguised
herself in her every action, costume.
etc., aided by spectacles, that some OF
her most intimate friends in the audi
ence, although she has scarcely enter
ed her teens, mistook her for real
live old maid, ardently pursuing her
most cherished proclivity-trying to
rob poor old bachelor OF his free
dom. But alas! poor melinda was
once more doomed to disappointment,
as her 7eritable hero, when pressed to
the verge of matrimony, let fall his
faultless iron grey whlskers, and STOOD
before her beardless boy. But
Melinda" whose heart had grown
callous by trials, and disappointments,
instead of brooding like a love-slck
maiden over her wrongs, seized the
ready broomstick, and cleared the
stage.
Miss Lula Alderman, who IS per
feet child of nature, possessing the
happy gift of adopting herself to any
role, acted all of her many parts Weu.
Miss Alice Res, is 8 native of Har-
risburg, Pennsylvania She is lady
with graceful and winning manners,
rboeo bioh atfeinments in her pro-